Victor Hugo said that progress is "the stride of God."

Etymologically, progress is a forward step.

Theologically, God need make no progress as God has already arrived.

Nevertheless, God has a profound interest and participation in the progress of humanity. This is the true theory of evolution. It is a small thing to become a functioning human organism. It is a very large thing to become fully human.

Whatever we are or become, we must keep moving forward,

John Piper said, "When the Word became flesh—when the eternal Son of God took on
humanity—he did not merely become a man in part. He fully became a true
human being."

What He did with a decision, we work out over a lifetime.

We will never be divine, but we can be human. Being human involves progress, collectively and individually. Stagnation is death. Inertia and mindless momentum are circular. Progress never leaves us where we are.

God's way is to stride forward.

Whatever this means to you today is what it is. Let it settle and work out its own purpose in you. I will do the same.

And take some steps forward today …